harvest to home market update 06 September, 2011

This week we begin to see the two sides of the seasonal coin. The warm weather combined with good rainfall in growing areas will mean good quality and reasonably priced fruit and veg for Spring. However, we are also seeing some of the traditional Winter root vegies becoming pricier! Overall, there is more good news than bad, as you can see below.

The Good News:
Avocado (well priced)
Beans - Green & Handpicked (prices eased and good supply)
Beetroot (large better)
Broccoli (prices cheap)
Cabbage (all good)
Chilli (Red & Birdseye easing)
Red, Green & Yellow Capsicum (all cheap)
Cauliflower (good & cheap)
Celeriac (good)
Celery (good and cheap)
Corn (plenty and cheap)
Eggplant (QLD now and prices cheap)
Fennel
Kumera (cheap!!)
Oranges (CHEAP)
Blood Oranges (plenty about)
Strawberries (great quality and cheap)
Grapefruit
Kiwi fruit (good quality and cheap)
Leek (good quality & plenty about)
Lettuce (prices down)
Mandarins (good quality and cheap)
Mango (plenty about)
Mushrooms (Button are good & flat getting better),
Parsnip (plenty about)
Peas, Snowpeas & Sugarsnap (Australian best & cheap)
Tomato (prices easing)

The Not so Good News:
Chilli (Green scarce)
Cucumber (Telegraph & Lebanese price rising)
Ginger (still high price)
Lemons (prices heading up)
Limes (high prices)
Mandarin (quality on the way out)
Melons (prices not great)
Onions (brown up in price)
Butternut Pumpkin (very pricey)

Enjoy the sweet taste of Spring and settle in for more of the same as things only promise to get better from here on in.

Until next week, happy and healthy eating!

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